what "volunteering" (here at least) is really like
All of the other posts are in German. The reason for that is that this blog is only supposed to be firstly an online journal for me and secondly to keep my friends and family updated. But I want this post to be in English since (I guess) it could also be interesting for future volunteers, no matter where they come from. So whoever is not interested in my project, volunteering in Vietnam or just in general volunteering abroad should maybe not read this, I guess it's a bit boring to you guys, haha. What exactly did I do and for how long? I volunteered for 18 weeks at Nguyen Tat Thanh Secondary School in Hanoi, from November 2017 until March 2018. I taught middle school students (Grade 6, 7, 8) English. My main task was to better their pronunciation as well as their communication skills. What did I expect before I came there? I thought that my students would be comparatively bad in English. That they are not really able to have a proper conversation with someone. But g...